Cloud is great. But sometimes you need On-Prem applications because of your environment and where you data lives. What has been interesting recently is the number of customers who have been asking us to use Cloud services to help them choose and procure On-Prem solutions. One of the great things about Cloud is the […]

Large ICT solutions are exciting to deliver and more glamorous than the day-to-day small fixes. But smaller projects tend to be more reliable and effective, and if set out in series can offer broader and more efficient overall solutions. The reasons lie not in the technology but in the humans that get in the […]

An exciting announcement! Following on from our recent award at the Safe VAR Conference, we’re excited to announce that miso have yet again been awarded Platinum Partner status with Safe Software! What does it mean? Simply put, it’s recognition that we’re one of the largest suppliers of FME in the country. We’re a modest […]

Big Data is a big deal – if you can’t handle it, you won’t harness the value of it. Wherever the data comes from, whether created internally or sourced from third parties, you need to be able use it to see any return on your investment. The key problems with handling Big Data are […]

Many organisations use FME to handle their spatial data – but why stop there? It’s capable of handling the trickiest of data management challenges. Here’s how one customer used FME to automate their payment data processes: The Challenge The Council needed to access payment data generated by third parties, often manually logging into […]

First of all some definitions. We can approach Data Integration (DI) in two basic ways. You can either ask your developers to write some specific software (code) that links where your data is to where you want it and modifies the data on the way. This is a Code-Based approach. Or we can use a […]

There’s no escaping the fact that FME Server is an extremely powerful tool, but we’ve noticed that there are a few misconceptions out there that stop organisations from adopting it. We think that’s a real shame, because it is one of the most robust and flexible ways for organisations to tackle their data management […]

Your organisation never stands still, with data continually flowing in and out of your systems at an impressive rate. But there is one issue than most organisations struggle to cope with; controlling the accuracy of data received from third parties. The consumption of poor quality data can cause significant knock-on effects – bad data leads […]

It can be difficult to know which FME setup will be the most useful for your organisation, but there are a few key questions that could help point you in the right direction: How many people will need access to FME? If only one user needs FME, then a Desktop licence offers a simple […]

The Internet of things (IoT) offers many great opportunities in regards to how we manage our environment, but as with all things ICT, it can be as much of a challenge as a reward. The trick will be in establishing how little ICT is needed in order to get the greatest return. The IoT can […]